ROME – Recently Pope Leo caused a ruckus among American Catholics by saying the death penalty and immigration are “pro-life” issues alongside abortion. By extension, he also suggested that the lone yardstick for measuring a…
MEXICO CITY — The almighty eagle perched on a cactus while devouring a serpent on Mexico’s flag hints at the myth behind the foundation of the country’s capital. It’s a divine sign in an ancient legend,…
Jamie Kelter A person detained is taken to a parking lot on the far north side of the city before being transferred to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Chicago on Oct. 31, 2025.…
DHAKA – Most political parties in Bangladeshi politics want a national election after an upcoming referendum to provide a legal basis for the July Uprising in the country that took place last year. Muhammad Yunus,…
ROME — A 15th-century Bible which is considered one of the most spectacular examples of Renaissance illuminated manuscripts went on display in Rome on Thursday as part of the Vatican’s Holy Year celebrations. The two-volume…
Courtesy photoEmily Zanotti and her husband at Mass with one son captured praying piously by the Diocese of Nashville, Tenn. COMMENTARY: We don’t go to Mass because we’re perfect. We go to Mass because we’re…
Archbishop Bernard Bober, chair of the Conference of Slovak Bishops. / Credit: Bohumil Petrik/EWTN News EWTN News, Nov 14, 2025 / 09:18 am (CNA). Slovakia’s Catholic bishops will lead an unprecedented Day of Repentance on…
YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – At least twenty Christians have been killed in Nigeria’s Taraba State in 24 hours in what is seen as the worsening specter of Christian persecution in the West African country. Reports say…
ROME — A married couple who had been fired from the Vatican bank for violating an internal rule barring workplace marriages has been rehired in a negotiated settlement, the union for Vatican lay employees announced Wednesday. Silvia Carlucci…
U.S. Catholic bishops voted Wednesday to make official a ban on gender-transition care for transgender patients at Catholic hospitals. The step formalizes a yearslong process for the U.S. church to address transgender health care. From…